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Look for Colonoscopy Medical Necessity
Published on Fri Jun 18, 2021
Question: Our surgeon performed a colonoscopy and internal hemorrhoidectomy by band ligation for a patient on the same day. The following day, the patient returned to the operating room with a post-operative hemorrhage. The surgeon performed a rigid sigmoidoscopy and irrigated and removed a clot from the rectum and sutured the hemorrhoidectomy site to control the bleeding. The surgeon then [...]